RIP Muhammad Ali

[rezznor]

The Greatest :(


http://www.fearlessmotivation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Muhammad-Ali-Quotes.jpg

[rezznor]

Bowie, Prince, Hodor, Ali...this has been a devastating year

[Im Still Ballin]

We were tight Ali. Love you dude. RIP.

[nathanjizzle]

life is exasperating.

[BlakFrankWhite]

Rest in Peace, Champ.

[ace23]

Wtf his reps were saying it was going to be a routine visit and that he was in fair condition a few days ago...

[Jameerthefear]

Shit... RIP

[KCO]

Damn what a loss. He was the greatest!!! R.I.P.

[BasedTom]

RIP

[Cold soul]

Damn this blows. R.I.P. :(

[~primetime~]

RIP

Not to sound like an A-Hole, but this really isn't that devastating of a loss. Parkinson's is truly awful, and almost everyone that has it suffers deep depression.

74 isn't bad, I doubt he wanted to go much longer.

[DonDadda59]

RIP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_uzJTasHpE) :bowdown:

[zizozain]

May Allah bless him with jannah and give his family Sabr, InshaAllah

[Akrazotile]

Ali was VEHEMENTLY against interracial marriage.


Luckily hes not white or else he'd get zero respect in his passing, simply for having that opinion. Most people saying "RIP, u were am@zing!!" in this thread would be scorning the hell out of him if he were white.

Black Privilege.

[nightprowler10]

Ali was VEHEMENTLY against interracial marriage.


Luckily hes not white or else he'd get zero respect in his passing, simply for having that opinion. Most people saying "RIP, u were am@zing!!" in this thread would be scorning the hell out of him if he were white.

Black Privilege.
Spouting your sh!t in a tribute thread. Have you no shame?

[Snarky Narc]

RIP

[nightprowler10]

RIP The Greatest.

[Akrazotile]

Spouting your sh!t in a tribute thread. Have you no shame?


Tribute for what? He was a racist.

He was a blatant, overt racist.

Thats okay because he boxed good?

Or it's okay because he was black?

Let me know which you decide to pick.


#LiberalLogic

[BlakFrankWhite]

Ali was VEHEMENTLY against interracial marriage.


Luckily hes not white or else he'd get zero respect in his passing, simply for having that opinion. Most people saying "RIP, u were am@zing!!" in this thread would be scorning the hell out of him if he were white.

Black Privilege.

Really bro? You gonna bring this shit up right now? Even the body ain't cold yet

[Akrazotile]

Really bro? You gonna bring this shit up right now? Even the body ain't cold yet


This is exactly the kind of thing he would do and yall are suckin his dick.

Why?

Because he boxed good?


He was a racist and a prick and the same people who piss their pants about 'racist old white men' are shovin a tongue up Ali's dead ass.


Just want someone to explain it to me.

:confusedshrug:


Because he boxed good?

Or cause hes black?

[BasedTom]

Tribute for what? He was a racist.

He was a blatant, overt racist.

Thats okay because he boxed good?

Or it's okay because he was black?

Let me know which you decide to pick.


#LiberalLogic
Are you implying being against interracial marriage and being racist are the same thing?

[Smook A.]

GOAT!! Rip

[!@#$%Vectors!@#]

R.I.P https://67.media.tumblr.com/4adfa6f1d94a909a856c9a7efc751f2f/tumblr_nhdep1KOnx1tweoawo1_400.gif

[Akrazotile]

Are you implying being against interracial marriage and being racist are the same thing?


It would depend why someone's against it, tbh. And personally I dont care if someone is or isnt.

But to the liberals in this thread? Let's be real. No white person could ever justify being against interracial marriage without being smeared and scorned as a racist neanderthal. Again, these same posters will claim that "Trump's a rassissist!!!!" for saying we shouldnt let illegals in, and theyre in here like "omg ali i luv u, ur the greatest champ, u boxed so gudddd!!!"

[pauk]

RIP, GOAT is an understatement, he will be that forever.


May Allah bless him with jannah and give his family Sabr, InshaAllah

:applause:

[warriorfan]

RIP Ali, he was more than a once in a lifetime type athlete, he was an icon that transcended his sport

Rest in Peace Brother

[BasedTom]

It would depend why youre against it, tbh.

But to the liberals in this thread? Let's be real. No white person could ever justify being against interracial marriage without being smeared and scorned as a racist neanderthal. Again, these same posters will claim that "Trump's a rassissist!!!!" for saying we shouldnt let illegals in, and theyre in here like "omg ali i luv u, ur the greatest champ, u boxed so gudddd!!!"
Well of course there's going to be a lot of people going crazy yet who probably don't know much at all themselves about boxing; wouldn't be able to tell you who joe louis is. But that's their problem. Same thing applies with the leftist crowd. It's something that's bound to to happen so dunno why even get worked up about it unless this is where you draw the line and you're determined that the bucks stops here.

Cassius Clay is a part of American history; with some of the most iconic and legendary matches of all time. Controversy definitely included in that legacy. Yet out of the tons of fans he had, how many are ardent black nationalists or subscribed to the shit he said half a century ago? All 20 of them are probably on ISH

[Brujesino]

rip

[MEB2kDeez]

It would depend why someone's against it, tbh. And personally I dont care if someone is or isnt.

But to the liberals in this thread? Let's be real. No white person could ever justify being against interracial marriage without being smeared and scorned as a racist neanderthal. Again, these same posters will claim that "Trump's a rassissist!!!!" for saying we shouldnt let illegals in, and theyre in here like "omg ali i luv u, ur the greatest champ, u boxed so gudddd!!!"

What does all of this have to do with anything?

[Soundwave]

With regards to the interracial marriage thing, I believe he changed his mind on that.

You have to understand the context of the times, in the 60s he was part of the NOI which advocated for blacks and whites to seperate because black people were being treated inhumanely in America and that was pretty much standard belief for the NOI (that there should not be integration at all).

He later left the NOI. Many of Ali's closest friends and people associated with him were white, I don't believe him to be a racist, you can tell just by the footage for example that he loved Howard Cossel and that was one of the most iconic relationships in sports.

[Solidape]

RIP you were and will be an all time great, your legend is a gift you left for all of us

[West-Side]

He was so much more than a boxer. I'm so sad right now. What a horrible year.
Bowie, Prince and now Ali.

Wow.
RIP, your legacy will live on forever.

[Bless Mathews]

RIP

[Nash]

There he goes, the GOAT of all GOATS.

What a life.

RIP

[vetlantram]

:cry: RIP

[West-Side]

It would depend why someone's against it, tbh. And personally I dont care if someone is or isnt.

But to the liberals in this thread? Let's be real. No white person could ever justify being against interracial marriage without being smeared and scorned as a racist neanderthal. Again, these same posters will claim that "Trump's a rassissist!!!!" for saying we shouldnt let illegals in, and theyre in here like "omg ali i luv u, ur the greatest champ, u boxed so gudddd!!!"

I'm white, and I'll tell you what's wrong with your logic bro.
You're comparing comments made by a great boxer during an era of extreme racism against Africans to a time like today. Ali was an icon, a role model and a status to black people everywhere. His voice was heard because of his ability to influence people. He stood behind his people, when they were highly undervalued in society.

You think that's equivalent to Trump saying racist shit against immigrants? You need to understand the other sides point of view, the rights between the blacks and the whites during Ali's time was not equal, far from it. In a way, he stood for them because he could be heard and possibly influence institutional changes. Trump saying this today, who was born with a silver spoon, about immigrants just isn't the same. The message and meaning behind his words don't have the same impact.

If Ali was in his prime say today and was spewing that "interracial marriage" beliefs on us, it would be completely different because the times and social perception has changed a lot since the time Alu was boxing.

[LJJ]

Never a fan. Muhammad Ali was such an awful person on multiple levels. Probably because he simply was a deeply troubled individual, but he doesn't really deserve the status he had.


But everyone deserves to RIP.

[BlakFrankWhite]

Never a fan. Muhammad Ali was such an awful person on multiple levels. Probably because he simply was a deeply troubled individual, but he doesn't really deserve the status he had.


But everyone deserves to RIP.

You hate on Muslims so it's not a surprise you don't like him

Stay hating, dicchead

[LJJ]

You hate on Muslims so it's not a surprise you don't like him

Stay hating, dicchead

:sleeping

[Bosnian Sajo]

May Allah bless him with jannah and give his family Sabr, InshaAllah

Inshallah bro :cry:



For my fellow Muslims on this board, don't just write RIP and that's that. Do a dua for him, an el fatiha and ask god to forgive his sins and protect him from the hell fire, give him heaven and only heaven Inshallah.




My heart's heavy, man. My dad's favorite athlete of all time, he used to wake up early in the morning (3-4am) in former Yugoslavia just to watch his fixtures with his own dad (my namesake, rip to gramps who I never got the chance of meeting). When I was growing up, we would watch Mike Tyson fights and he would always turn on some old footage of Muhammad Ali to show me what the GOAT looked like.



Al rahmetli. :(

[VeeCee15]

RIP
but to me, Muhammad Ali died 20 years ago. He was a vegetable after parkinson's like a walking dead. No offense just the truth.

So his death didn't come as a shock to me. Like I don't even feel a thing even though I really like Ali.

[West-Side]

Never a fan. Muhammad Ali was such an awful person on multiple levels. Probably because he simply was a deeply troubled individual, but he doesn't really deserve the status he had.


But everyone deserves to RIP.

In what way?
My father had an interesting analogy about Ali. By the way, he always said the smartest athlete ever was Kareem but 2nd was Ali.

My dad died in 99' and he was a surgeon. I remember my dad saying that Ali was using counteracting logic through psychiatry to send a message to the people. By this, he meant that Ali wasn't a racist instead he was so cunning that he used his public image and voice to show the world how racism is wrong. People hate the man because he said a lot of racist things but they hated him more because he could publicly express his opinion to the world as a black man. Many white people hated him for his comments and arrogance, but all he was trying to do was show the white people how they made black people feel for decades.

It's a very interesting perspective and I agree with his view.

[StephHamann]

the smartest athlete ever was Kareem but 2nd was Ali.



https://media.giphy.com/media/Vg0JstydL8HCg/giphy.gif

[Uncle Drew]

Dipped attache, jump out the Range, empty out the ashtray
A glass of 'ze make a man Cassius Clay

[LJJ]

In what way?
My father had an interesting analogy about Ali. By the way, he always said the smartest athlete ever was Kareem but 2nd was Ali.

My dad died in 99' and he was a surgeon. I remember my dad saying that Ali was using counteracting logic through psychiatry to send a message to the people. By this, he meant that Ali wasn't a racist instead he was so cunning that he used his public image and voice to show the world how racism is wrong. People hate the man because he said a lot of racist things but they hated him more because he could publicly express his opinion to the world as a black man. Many white people hated him for his comments and arrogance, but all he was trying to do was show the white people how they made black people for.

It's a very interesting perspective and I agree with his view.

It's interesting, but it's just apologetic. There's not real evidence for this. You're not a hardcore Nation of Islam member for 15 years for reasons of reverse psychology. There is enough evidence to know Ali was a hardcore racist long before he was famous.

But truthfully, the racism doesn't even bother me. As someone mentioned, you always need to take context into account. It's ignorance, it's growing up in a racist society, he's a product of his time.

However, how he treated is loyal friend and benefactor Joe Frazier is absolutely beyond disgusting. How he treated his wives and his family is absolutely disgusting. And to present yourself as some honorable philosopher and a religious moralist while behaving in this manner, it's hypocritical and gross.

These are all things that are well known and I didn't mean to go into it in the man's death thread. You can write of a lot of character flaws (even though Ali's life is riddled with them) off as "nobody's perfect", but hey since you asked, that's why I'm not a fan.

[dude77]

was reading up on ali .. came across his brother and his wife ..









https://s.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/g50E7bh0h9eip0EbTB5zTQ--/cm90YXRlPWF1dG87dz02NDA7YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVv/https://s.yimg.com/dh/ap/default/141012/rahman_ali_premiere_movie_i_am_ali_600.jpg
http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/pc/Lewis+Hamilton+father+Anthony+Hamilton+stepmum+XLQ 7GZHv_eWx.jpg


http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2012/10/cheech-wtf-gif1.gif

[Nikola_]

RIP

Where do u guys rank him AMONG alpha males in the history of US? He is in my top5 all time

[Draz]

Dam rip. Very bad news

[brownmamba00]

It's a sad day.

very inspirational man whose words have changed my view on life even tho I didn't grew up around his prime years.

Muhammad Ali went beyond the ordinary limits and transcended time.

RIP to the greatest of all time.

[Jasper]

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/muhammad-ali-boxers-fought-greatest/story?id=39574571

very charismatic individual !!!!!!!!!!!!

My father and several of his generation in the 60's hated him , because he did not want to serve his country.
This was the generation that fought in WW2 and Korean wars.
But all things considered , he introduced USA to the Muslim life and ways.
Jabbar jumped on board as well.

I will never forget the fights between Frazier and him.
They were colossal.

I was always in favor of Frazier , because Smokin Joe was always the underdog.

To show how much America loved this guy -
Atlanta Olympics - He was the surprise torch bearer lighting the flame.....
The crowd went nuts.

RIP butterfly :rockon:

[Lebron23]

RIP to the greatest Heavyweight Boxer of All time.

[imdaman99]

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Rajioon

He was more than just the goat boxer. I wasn't around obviously, but just hearing his trash talking and his speeches, they were motivational.

And those using this thread/death to bash him, talk about attention whoring at it's trashiest :facepalm

[Akrazotile]

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Rajioon

He was more than just the goat boxer. I wasn't around obviously, but just hearing his trash talking and his speeches, they were motivational.

And those using this thread/death to bash him, talk about attention whoring at it's trashiest :facepalm


The ones where he slammed people in interracial relationships?

Or the ones where he called "jews and gentiles" (ignorantly thinking 'gentiles' meant white people) devils and blamed them for the evil of homosexuality?


Do you like him for these views, or because he was muslim and boxed good?


Bro, dont be mad at me for asking the questions. Look in the mirror and try to find the answers.

[Akrazotile]

was reading up on ali .. came across his brother and his wife ..









https://s.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/g50E7bh0h9eip0EbTB5zTQ--/cm90YXRlPWF1dG87dz02NDA7YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVv/https://s.yimg.com/dh/ap/default/141012/rahman_ali_premiere_movie_i_am_ali_600.jpg
http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/pc/Lewis+Hamilton+father+Anthony+Hamilton+stepmum+XLQ 7GZHv_eWx.jpg


http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2012/10/cheech-wtf-gif1.gif



:roll:

[imdaman99]

The ones where he slammed people in interracial relationships?

Or the ones where he called "jews and gentiles" (ignorantly thinking 'gentiles' meant white people) devils and blamed them for the evil of homosexuality?


Do you like him for these views, or because he was muslim and boxed good?


Bro, dont be mad at me for asking the questions. Look in the mirror and try to find the answers.
If he said that all recently, than it would be cringeworthy, but he didn't.

No one is mad at you for melting down about him. This is an internet forum, you can spew whatever you wanna spew.

[longtime lurker]

Ali was VEHEMENTLY against interracial marriage.


Luckily hes not white or else he'd get zero respect in his passing, simply for having that opinion. Most people saying "RIP, u were am@zing!!" in this thread would be scorning the hell out of him if he were white.

Black Privilege.

You try way to hard to be edgy probably the most pathetic troll on this site. No one gives a **** about your opinions or thoughts. You are a worthless sack of shit.

Rest In Power to the champ.

[Akrazotile]

You try way to hard to be edgy probably the most pathetic troll on this site. No one gives a **** about your opinions or thoughts. You are a worthless sack of shit.

Rest In Power to the champ.


:rant

Lol, this effeminate cornball

[senelcoolidge]

RIP.

Why was he such a media darling? I know he was a great boxer, had a big personality, and was very vocal on civil rights issues. But why does the left love this guy so much. Ok, he said some ugly things years ago, but other people get persecuted for the same..saying ugly things years ago. Why the pass for him? I sense white guilt in the adoration from the left.

[Soundwave]

Again, I think it helps to have some context, I understand with our generation we automatically think we're experts because we Googled something, but Ali's more controversial statements came as a member of the NOI which he later left.

His funeral service which will take place next week was personally planned by him and will be an inter-faith service with even Senator Oren Hatch invited to represent Utah Mormons. This guy was a citizen of the world and evolved a lot on issues, but at his core he just wanted to be respected as a human being, which is not a luxury afforded to a lot of black people growing up in the deep South in the 40s/50s.

[Akrazotile]

Again, I think it helps to have some context, I understand with our generation we automatically think we're experts because we Googled something, but Ali's more controversial statements came as a member of the NOI which he later left.

His funeral service which will take place next week was personally planned by him and will be an inter-faith service with even Senator Oren Hatch invited to represent Utah Mormons. This guy was a citizen of the world and evolved a lot on issues, but at his core he just wanted to be respected as a human being, which is not a luxury afforded to a lot of black people growing up in the deep South in the 40s/50s.


YOUR points are fully valid.

But MY point is the average lefty affords ZERO room for context when critiquing the social views of others, PERIOD.

By their own criteria, he is simply a racist, homophobe, and mysogynist. Context shouldnt matter, apologies shouldnt matter. Because they do not afford these things to any white persons whom they criticize. Affording them to others is pretty much institutional racism at its very definition. Which is what the left is about, of course.

[UK2K]

I'm heading down to his funeral. Lots of sad people in Louisville today.

Guy was an icon, and Louisville was his home :(

[Smook A.]

Never a fan. Muhammad Ali was such an awful person on multiple levels. Probably because he simply was a deeply troubled individual, but he doesn't really deserve the status he had.


But everyone deserves to RIP.
You're wrong on multiple levels. Ali may have been cocky but he really knew how to back it all up. That's why he's the greatest of all time, and honestly he was just as great of a human. The man has helped a countless number of people with his massive charity work.

Try growing up in an era where your race was hated by many. Muhammad Ali stood up for his people and spoke out what he believed him. Some may look at him as just a legendary boxer, but he was much more than that. Much more.

[lakers_forever]

3 goats of the 20 century togerher: https://twitter.com/blogdootavio/status/739230061203738625

[Young X]

I'm a little late but RIP to a LEGEND. A sports icon. The greatest. He will never be forgotten.

[Goofsta Knicca]

A true legend. R.I.P.

[BlakFrankWhite]

3 goats of the 20 century togerher: https://twitter.com/blogdootavio/status/739230061203738625

Nice!

[Rooster]

RIP

The Legend who defied a lot of odds by beating those feared monsters of his era with a unorthodox stance and sheer athleticsm combined with his undeniable skills and sturdy chin. He talked a lot of sh1t but he back it up. Pound for pound, not the greatest but he is arguably the greatest heavyweight of all time.

[nathanjizzle]

contrarians always try to ruin the party.

[T_L_P]

Tribute for what? He was a racist.

He was a blatant, overt racist.

Thats okay because he boxed good?

Or it's okay because he was black?

Let me know which you decide to pick.


#LiberalLogic

Or it was because he grew up in a time where people wouldn't let him eat at the same table as a white person.

You can't blame him for having some hate against white people, even after the Civil Rights movement. Just like the Jews couldn't be blamed for being scared of or resenting Germans immediately after WW2.

[GINOBILI!]

RIP

[Akrazotile]

Or it was because he grew up in a time where people wouldn't let him eat at the same table as a white person.

You can't blame him for having some hate against white people, even after the Civil Rights movement. Just like the Jews couldn't be blamed for being scared of or resenting Germans immediately after WW2.


Hey, there are people that were bullied by blacks as youths. They couldnt get away with being publicly racist. There are people whove been gangraped or had family members killed by blacks. But if they tried to classify all blacks as x or y, theyd be the ones publicly mocked and ridiculed and called ignorant.

Ali classified all white people as devils. He said interracial marriage was disgusting. He derided homosexuals. MLK grew up in the same era, did he do that? Did Clarence Thomas do that? Did Bill Russell do that?

Why does Ali get a pass? Where are the liberals to call him a hateful bigot for his opinions?

I want to know. I want to know why there's no consistency. Hate is hate, ignorance is ignorance, right? Or are these things relative, depending on race? Do we require lower standards for some groups than we do for others?

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

He hated every moment of training but still did it. Best down brutal scary Foreman and Liston as a slender chap as well. Pretty close to David and Goliath :)

The true attitude of a winner. :)

May Allah forgive, have mercy, grant peace and Jannah to Muhammad. He's relieved from his suffering in this dunya.

[tomtucker]

he hated white people and homosexuals......became a muslim, left his wife........yet he is greeted in the media and at every fukking sporting event......:facepalm

[imdaman99]

https://i.uploadly.com/g6nqo5is_sl.jpg

[DonDadda59]

https://i.uploadly.com/g6nqo5is_sl.jpg

:applause:

[NBAplayoffs2001]

If Joe Louis got a permanent street in NYC, Ali deserves it too maybe. I shed a few legit tears once I heard about his passing. Absolute legend. I find it peaceful he passed away before Ramadan. His quality of life became really bad in recent years, he's in heaven now :)

[GINOBILI!]

Anti-Muslims are not allowed to post in this thread.